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The Fedaykin battle cry. Ya (now) in

this cry is augmented by the hya form (the ever-extended now). Chouhada

(fighters) carries this added meaning of fighters against injustice. There is a

distinction in this word that specifies the fighters are not struggling for

anything, but are consecrated against a specific thing -- that alone.

YALI: a Fremen's personal quarters within the sietch.

YA! YA! YAWM!: Fremen chanting cadence used in time of deep ritual significance.

Ya carries the root meaning of "Now pay attention!" The yawm form is a modified

term calling for urgent immediacy. The chant is usually translated as "Now, hear

this!"

ZENSUNNI: followers of a schismatic sect that broke away from the teachings of

Maometh (the so-called "Third Muhammed") about 1381 B.G. The Zensunni religion

is noted chiefly for its emphasis on the mystical and a reversion to "the ways

of the fathers." Most scholars name Ali Ben Ohashi as leader of the original

schism but there is some evidence that Ohashi may have been merely the male

spokesman for his second wife, Nisai.